Dick Cheney: master diplomat, negotiator and conciliator?!
Ever since late February, the Iraqi government had been deadlocked over legislation that laid out guidelines for provincial elections. That was because one man on Iraq’s three-member Presidency Council had objected to the law, calling it unconstitutional. The law would pave the way for the elections to take place on October 1st, a development that would be sure to have an effect on the U.S. election just a month later.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=177833